Does anybody know where this photo was taken?

afcbfan · 18/11/11 - 21:32

I printed a load of photos out in Boots recently; when I get them back I find I have this mystery snapshot included. I can only assume that the person before me must have left it behind, or it somehow got stuck in the machine and came out in my batch.

http://imgur.com/gLNzt

Anyway, I'm just wondering where it could be. There's what I'm guessing is a school, and the picture appears to have been taking from a church tower, or something. And is that Dorset's rolling countryside in the background? Any ideas, DS?

whackyracer · 18/11/11 - 21:34

Is it where Lee harvey Oswald shot JFK from?!

Cruachan · 18/11/11 - 21:34

Not got time to try it myself, but have you tried dragging it into Google Images to see what hits come up?

degsyhufc · 18/11/11 - 21:37

Send it to MI5, get them to zoom in on the van, trace the licence and they can send back the general location.

JessTheCat · 18/11/11 - 21:40

I can tell you that it's definitely NOT the Isle of Dogs if that helps

Ning · 18/11/11 - 21:52

I don't think it's Dorset. There's a distinct Northern feel about it, even though its not hilly. There's a certain bleakness about it, and I thought the school you're referring to looks more like a prison. There's a service station in the background if I'm not mistaken, but I'm going back on my initial thought that's it somewhere up North. Maybe the roof slate is a clue. It could be somewhere around Peterborough or King's Lynn maybe.

d0lphin · 18/11/11 - 21:55

Nope, no idea.

lea_uk · 18/11/11 - 22:07

Ning wrote: »

I don't think it's Dorset. There's a distinct Northern feel about it, even though its not hilly. There's a certain bleakness about it, and I thought the school you're referring to looks more like a prison. There's a service station in the background if I'm not mistaken, but I'm going back on my initial thought that's it somewhere up North. Maybe the roof slate is a clue. It could be somewhere around Peterborough or King's Lynn maybe.

What a strange post.
I don't think the picture look bleak at all and since when were Peterborough and King's Lynn northern?

Ning · 18/11/11 - 22:11

lea_uk wrote: »

What a strange post.
I don't think the picture look bleak at all and since when were Peterborough and King's Lynn northern?

I never said they were. About as northern as you can get before the hills start. East Anglia. Anyway, I object to you saying that its a strange post. Why is it strange? The OP asked where people might think it is and I'm saying where I think it is. Nothing strange about it. It's my interpretation.

alias alias · 18/11/11 - 22:13

Theres an ESSO station in the pic but i dont think its one of the 5 near Bournemouth that i looked at on google maps.

afcbfan · 18/11/11 - 22:18

Good spot with the Esso service station, people. Right, a quick search brings up 859 possible locations. I'll get searching.

_ben · 18/11/11 - 22:30

Cruachan wrote: »

Not got time to try it myself, but have you tried dragging it into Google Images to see what hits come up?

That's awesome, I didn't know you could do that. Having said that, here's a sample of images that google thought were visually similar;

http://www.vejleamericancarclub.dk/fotoalbum/medlems_biler/stig/wag01.JPG
http://img.blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ybi/1/3d/c6/mohane5812001/folder/1565917/img_1565917_52002998_3?1313765120
http://www.kuromatsunai.com/bunasatotourism/photo/2011.6.8.JPG
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/koukendaisuki/imgs/8/d/8df49ab6.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Refugi_Baiau1.jpg/1280px-Refugi_Baiau1.jpg
http://www.all-free-photos.com/images/montagnes/PI13831-hr.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_6MjmjqPfyd8/TU48PUs4mEI/AAAAAAAACV8/6y4SKYtzDfg/prs5%20236.jpg
http://www.dockscapes.net/photos/Nacarato/DSCF0006.JPG
http://img2.blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ybi/1/22/a2/hrc_ichigaya/folder/629316/img_629316_21270417_2?1315063491
http://geoinfo.amu.edu.pl/sgp/wgs03/02DSC01601.jpg

Do you think it might be any of these?

Sigurd · 18/11/11 - 22:35

_ben wrote: »

That's awesome, I didn't know you could do that.

Awesome maybe, but in this case pretty bloody useless, it seems!

ETA: Possibly this scene is just out of sight up the road, though.

Popadopalous · 18/11/11 - 22:56

It definitely looks like Earth so that'll narrow it down a little.

[Deleted User] · 18/11/11 - 22:59

it will prob take forever but you could try this Esso station locator
http://www.euromap.be/esso/start.aspx?country=en&language=en
xx

whackyracer · 18/11/11 - 23:02

There's something eerie about the picture

LaceyLouelle3 · 18/11/11 - 23:02

Ning wrote: »

I don't think it's Dorset. There's a distinct Northern feel about it, even though its not hilly. There's a certain bleakness about it, and I thought the school you're referring to looks more like a prison. There's a service station in the background if I'm not mistaken, but I'm going back on my initial thought that's it somewhere up North. Maybe the roof slate is a clue. It could be somewhere around Peterborough or King's Lynn maybe.

Its definitely not Peterborough or Kings Lynn, its not like that around here.

bobblesack · 18/11/11 - 23:04

I think the red-brick building on the left, with the opened arched window, is almost certainly a Salvation Army hall. There are dozens of them, all the same style of architecture, but it may help in some way!

[Deleted User] · 18/11/11 - 23:09

I thought the north west - perhaps Lancs/Cheshire/Staffs area because of the type of brick and the sandstone dressings. Just a feeling rather than anything more though.

whackyracer · 18/11/11 - 23:10

I really want to know where it is now. I've been looking at pictures of esso garages in the north to no avail

[Deleted User] · 18/11/11 - 23:12

I'm putting my bet on somewhere in East Anglia, is there a prize at the end?

Scaler · 18/11/11 - 23:15

I think its Newmarket-the outskirts

whackyracer · 18/11/11 - 23:22

This http://photos.upmystreet.com/thumbnails/photos/76/74/767416_c1469fd7_120x120.jpg

whackyracer · 18/11/11 - 23:23

Macclesfield?

[Deleted User] · 18/11/11 - 23:28

whackyracer wrote: »

This http://photos.upmystreet.com/thumbnails/photos/76/74/767416_c1469fd7_120x120.jpg

Is that where the little people live?

whackyracer · 18/11/11 - 23:31

stupidwheelie wrote: »

Is that where the little people live?

You can zoom, cheeky mare!:D

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